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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
Berkshire Grey, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Thomas Wagner, Concord, MA (US);
Kevin Ahearn, Fort Mill, SC (US);
Benjamin Cohen, Somerville, MA (US);
Michael Dawson-Haggerty, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher Geyer, Arlington, MA (US);
Thomas Koletschka, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kyle Maroney, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Matthew T. Mason, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Gene Temple Price, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph Romano, Arlington, MA (US);
Daniel Smith, Canonsburg, PA (US);
Siddhartha Srinivasa, Seattle, WA (US);
Prasanna Velagapudi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Thomas Allen, Reading, MA (US);
Berkshire Grey, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A processing system is disclosed for providing processing of homogenous and non-homogenous objects in both structured and cluttered environments. The processing system includes a programmable motion device including an end effector, a perception system for recognizing any of the identity, location, and orientation of an object presented in a plurality of objects at an input location, a grasp acquisition system for acquiring the object using the end effector to permit the object to be moved from the plurality of objects to one of a plurality of destination bins, and a motion planning system for determining a changing portion of a trajectory path of the end effector from the object to a base location proximate to the input location, and determining an unchanging portion of a trajectory path of the end effector from the base location to a destination bin location proximate to a destination bin, wherein the unchanging portion of the trajectory path is chosen to provide a path from the base location to the destination bin location that is consistent with paths taken by other objects.